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1/16 E-Revo VXL 17 MPH out the box

I recently purchased this truck after reading so many great reviews here. I purchased it from my LHS. On my 2nd battery charge, I decided to strap my small Garmin jogging GPS to it to check the 30 MPH claim on stock single Nimh battery and stock truck setup. To my disappointment, the truck only toped out to a little over 17. I verified the ECS was in Sport mode. I email support and they mention either the slipper needs tighten or the battery needed a few more cycle. I don't understand why the slipper would effect top speed. I'm getting ready to mail it back to Traxxas but decided to ask here. I search the forum and could not find anyone with similar issue. Any help would be appreciated.

i havent clocked mine with the stock nimh, i went li-po right away, have ran the nimh a few times though and id say it is pretty slow, not sure about 17mph but its slow on mine as well, with a 2s 25c 2200mah lipo however i know for a fact im doing close to 35mph as it stays right in line with my nitro truck and its geared for about 38 mph...

question, are you sure your battery is fully charged? are you using the stock charger that comes with it or a peak charger? a peak charger will make sure it charges full. and charge no more than 1amp to have the battery last a few months atleast or so.

I recently purchased this truck after reading so many great reviews here. I purchased it from my LHS. On my 2nd battery charge, I decided to strap my small Garmin jogging GPS to it to check the 30 MPH claim on stock single Nimh battery and stock truck setup. To my disappointment, the truck only toped out to a little over 17. I verified the ECS was in Sport mode. I email support and they mention either the slipper needs tighten or the battery needed a few more cycle. I don't understand why the slipper would effect top speed. I'm getting ready to mail it back to Traxxas but decided to ask here. I search the forum and could not find anyone with similar issue. Any help would be appreciated.

I agree to make sure the esc is not in traning mode. sounds like it, i mentioned the battery as no body has mentioned it, if you have an extra battery around weather it is for the 1/16 or not and has a trx connector on it try it and see if the car goes any faster but its recommend to try another series 1 battery or the same size to determine if its the battery or not or if its your esc.
is the esc getting hot at all and the motor?

and thats with the added wieght of another pack in there, not to shabby at all.... i ran my single nimh just a hour or two ago to breakin my diff shim job, if the esc was in lipo mode or set in trainer mode, prolly about 15 to 17mph, poped it out of those modes and id say about 25mph, id say you got a bad cell in your pack, or your esc isnt set right....

Turns out you guys hit the nail right on the head. I changed the ecs to racing mode and ran it with the body on and the gps registered 27.3 mph. Yeeha! I'm a happy man. Thanks to everyone in this conversation.

Turns out you guys hit the nail right on the head. I changed the ecs to racing mode and ran it with the body on and the gps registered 27.3 mph. Yeeha! I'm a happy man. Thanks to everyone in this conversation.

haha yes, cool man, and like i said i new mine was slow just didnt seem 17mph slow... get yourself a 2s lipo and youll be doing 35mph, pretty big jump for the next time you feel like an upgrade...